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Wemyss Castle, Home Farm, Courtyard And Stables

Armorial Panel (16th Century), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Gate Pier (Period Unassigned), Stable(S) (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Wemyss Castle, Home Farm, Courtyard And Stables

Classification Armorial Panel (16th Century), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Gate Pier (Period Unassigned), Stable(S) (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) The Square

Canmore ID 129333

Site Number NT39NW 14.03

NGR NT 32804 95354

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Fife
  • Parish Wemyss
  • Former Region Fife
  • Former District Kirkcaldy
  • Former County Fife

Activities

Field Visit (23 May 1928)

Armorial Panel from Macduff's Castle.

Inserted in the masonry above the western archway of the stable buildings [NT39NW 14.3] at Wemyss Castle is an armorial panel of particular interest from the circumstances attending its discovery. Some years ago when steps were being taken for the conservation of the southern tower of Macduff's Castle [NT39NW 4], the workmen came upon the panel laid face downward in sand beneath the foundation, and an eyewitness relates that the tinctures were then particularly brilliant. But, while the carving is still sharp and well defined, the tinctures have almost entirely disappeared. The shield, supported on the dexter side by a Hercules, and on the sinister by a unicorn gorged, bears: Quarterly, 1st and 4th (argent), a cross moline (sable), for Colville, 2nd and 3rd (gules), a fess cheeky (argent and azure), for Lindsay, the whole being probably for Sir James Colville, who acquired the lands of East Wemyss in 1530. The label beneath the shield does not appear to be inscribed.

RCAHMS 1933, visited 23 May 1928.

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